Sonnentag Earns Gold-Level ‘Green’ Rating

new event center is the largest facility in Wisconsin, Minnesota recognized by LEED

The Sonnentag Center, UW-Eau Claire’s brand new $122 million facility, is marking a new chapter for the school as well as the community in a variety of ways, including another “first” for the university: The Sonnentag is the first building used by UWEC that ...

Pledge to Be Plastic-Free: E.C. Businesses Take Steps to Limit Waste

Plastic-Free Eau Claire encourages individuals, businesses to take pledge

Wisconsin’s plastic-free movement: what is it? In a decisive step towards a greener future, Eau Claire embraced a bold initiative earlier this year with the Plastic-Free Eau Claire pledge. Since the ...

UW-Stout Earns Statewide Honor for Sustainability, Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Excellence Award recognizes 79 energy-saving projects at Stout since 2017

For its collaboration and commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency in multiple campuswide initiatives in the last two decades, UW-Stout has received an Energy Efficiency Excellence Award from Focus on ...

E.C. County Solar Installations Work Toward 2050 Renewable Goal

new large solar arrays are now installed across three government facilities

With the final two of three large solar arrays officially installed at the new Highway, DHS Government Center, and Agricultural Center in Eau Claire County as of late June, the County is working its way through a series of renewable energy initiatives that were approved in 2021 and 2023 ...

NOD TO THE PAST, AN EYE TO THE FUTURE: Northern States Power-Wisconsin Celebrates 100 Years of Service

While locals recognize Xcel Energy’s operatin company, Northern States Power-Wisconsin, for reliably providing the energy to power our lives and keep our community chugging along, they may not realize its deep roots in the area date back to the turn of the century ...

Raise a Glass to the Return of E.C. Earth Week Open House

JONAH Environmental Task Force set to introduce Eau Claire's first plastic-free pledge

Following a successful debut in 2023, the Earth Week Open House will return to the Brewing Projekt (1807 N. Oxford Ave.) with an expanded vendor list and dynamic activities to raise awareness about environmental movements in the Valley ...

E.C. County Will Help You Fight Waste With Home Composting

county taking orders for compost bins, kitchen pails through Jan. 26

If your New Year’s resolutions include taking better care of the planet, you can start right in your own kitchen and backyard: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources estimates that 30% of the waste that ends up in landfills could be composted instead ...

Eau Claire County, Local Paper Company Get Recycling Awards

two of the 11 awardees this year are from the Chippewa Valley

Eau Claire County and Cortec Coated Products of Eau Claire were two of 11 organizations recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources with 2023 Recycling Excellence Awards ...

GET PLUGGED IN: E.C. County Government Center Adds Electric Vehicle Chargers

chargers can serve up to six vehicles for a small fee

The three Level 2 chargers – which can fill up to six vehicles at one time – add to the array of options for EV drivers in downtown Eau Claire, where you’ll already find chargers at the city’s ...

Hazardous Trash Piling Up? E.C. County Clean Sweep Can Help

Sept. 16 event will accept paint, oil, gasoline, lightbulbs, and other waste

Have you been meaning to clean out the garage all summer? Now that fall is here (unofficially, at least), here’s some motivation to get that particular job done: Eau Claire County is holding one of its semi-regular Clean Sweep events ...